Even Kamio Tatsuya, when he learned about Ayanokoji, had first felt disgust toward the White Room rather than toward Ayanokoji himself.
Based on what Ayanokoji had just told her, Nanase felt that she ought to drive him out of the school.
Although Kamio Tatsuya and Ayanokoji were both targets of the bounty, Nanase had shown hostility and hatred only toward Ayanokoji. She was clearly very biased against him.
Nanase probably firmly believed that Ayanokoji was a terrible person.
She had gone after him because of her personal prejudice, not because of some order from Tsukishiro.
But judging by how she hadn't attacked him outright when they first met and had instead tried to determine what kind of person he was, she hadn't known him before.
In other words, everything she knew about him had come from someone else.
Who could that person be?
Kamio Tatsuya's first thought was Tsukishiro, but he quickly dismissed it.
If Tsukishiro had wanted to use Nanase against Ayanokoji, he wouldn't have gone to all that unnecessary trouble. After arriving at the school, Nanase would naturally discover what kind of person Ayanokoji was.
Still, judging by Nanase's behavior, she seemed like someone with strong principles. When dealing with Ayanokoji, she didn't seem to want to drag anyone else into it.
So there was only one possible answer.
"Ayanokoji, Nanase must be someone you've hurt—or someone you've hurt indirectly."
At that, Ayanokoji furrowed his brow. He had lived in the White Room ever since he was born, and he didn't think he had ever hurt anyone.
But soon, he realized something. He froze, then murmured a name.
"Matsuo..."
"Matsuo?"
Kamio Tatsuya looked at Ayanokoji in confusion.
Ayanokoji had had little contact with the outside world, so there were few people he might have wronged.
Aside from the